by amir.amirudine | Jan 21, 2021 | Dismissed, High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Ruling
[Criminal law – Corruption – Multiple offences – Concurrent or consecutive sentences – Totality principle – Family circumstances – Delay in prosecution – s.6(b) of the Prevention of Corruption Act] Reginalo Choong Cheng Jian v Public Prosecutor CM/41/2020 Decision...
by amir.amirudine | Jan 18, 2021 | Dismissed, High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Ruling
[Criminal law – Consuming methylamphetamine – Second offender – Probation and community service order inappropriate – Sentence – ss.6(b) and 29(3A) of the Misuse of Drugs Act] Juary Bin Johari v Public Prosecutor CM/43/2020 Decision date: 18 Jan...
by haziq.nordin | Jan 7, 2021 | Dismissed, High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Ruling
[Criminal Law – Refusal of Bail by Magistrate – Appeal – no local ties – real risk of absconding – appeal dismissed] DIZEBIT BIN ATAK v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HACM/44/2020 Decision date: 7 Jan...
by haziq.nordin | Nov 30, 2020 | Allowed, High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Ruling
[Criminal law – appeal against sentence by prosecution – section 6(b) and section 7 of Misuse of Drugs Act – pleaded guilty to both charges – 2nd offence for 6(b) – fined – appeal allowed – Fine replaced with imprisonment of 3 years] PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v MOHD SOFIAN...
by amir.amirudine | Jul 4, 2020 | Dismissed, High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Ruling
[Criminal law – Application for review – Power of the court to review its decision – Applicable legal principles] Supt.Hj Khairur Rijal Bin Haji Abu Salim v Public Prosecutor CM/10/2020 Decision date: 4 Jul...
by amir.amirudine | Jun 24, 2020 | Dismissed, High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Ruling
[Criminal law – Consuming methylamphetamine – Second or subsequent offender – Minimum sentence] Ak Haji Abdul Razak Bin Pg Haji Aliuddin v Public Prosecutor CM/22/2020 Decision date: 24 Jun...
